Iowa City ranks a high third place in Outside magazine's recent poll, "16 Best Places to Live." As we know, Iowa City is affordable, has a low unemployment rate, and a noteworthy downtown. In the article, the city is also determined to be "bike crazy" with weekly local bike rides, a bike library, miles of gravel roads with little car traffic, and even a bike themed restaurant. See the whole article.

Not mentioned in the article is the bike sharing program that is slated to start on campus this fall by the Office of Sustainability.